Sec. 20-195cc. License application. Renewal. Fees. Continuing education.
Sec. 20-195cc. License application. Renewal. Fees. Continuing education. (a)
The Commissioner of Public Health shall grant a license as a professional counselor to
any applicant who furnishes evidence satisfactory to the commissioner that such applicant has met the requirements of section 20-195dd. The commissioner shall develop
and provide application forms. The application fee shall be two hundred fifty dollars.
(b) Licenses issued under this section may be renewed annually pursuant to section
19a-88. The fee for such renewal shall be one hundred fifty dollars. Each licensed professional counselor applying for license renewal shall furnish evidence satisfactory to the
commissioner of having participated in continuing education programs. The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to (1) define basic requirements for continuing education programs, (2) delineate qualifying programs, (3) establish a system of control and reporting, and (4) provide for a waiver of the continuing
education requirement for good cause.
(P.A. 97-311, S. 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4, S. 18.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4 made technical changes in Subsecs. (a) and (b) and added provisions re continuing
education in Subsec. (b).